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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I agree that a fruit needs adequate number of leaves to produce sugars that it uses to produce the coloring substance (anthyocyanin), among other things...
However, fruit color will not be any better in an off year when the tree may have only a handful of fruits and a large number of leaves. Mosbah <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> apple-crop [mailto:apple-crop-bounces@virtualorchard.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hugh Thomas<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 12, 2016 2:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> kellyorchards; Apple-Crop discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Apple-Crop] Jonagold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A heavy crop will do it. Find a tree with good color and then make an estimate of the leaves / fruit ratio. I'm betting the non-coloring trees have 10-40 leaves or per fruit, whereas the good color trees will have 50-100+ leaves per fruit.
My take on it..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:19 PM, kellyorchards <<a href="mailto:kellyorchards@gmail.com" target="_blank">kellyorchards@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Why are my Jonagolds not coloring? Can this be an issue if they have a heavy crop?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Art Kelly<br>
Kelly Orchards<br>
Acton, Maine<o:p></o:p></p>
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